Meadow Fire
199330,211 acresNevada
The Meadow Fire burned 30,211 acres, about 47 square miles, across Lincoln County. It began on July 28, 1993.
Watch how it happenedMeadow Fire · 1993
How it happened
See how severely each place burned, revealed outward from where it started.
How severely it burned
Burn severity inside the final perimeter, classified from Landsat images taken before and after the fire.
| Severity | Share | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| Highmost vegetation consumed, soils altered | 2.0% | 614 |
| Moderatemixed: many trees killed, some survive | 23% | 7,081 |
| Lowsurface fire, most trees survive | 55% | 16,620 |
| Unburned to lowislands inside the perimeter, little change | 20% | 5,895 |
2% of the area inside the perimeter burned at high severity, about 614 acres; 25% burned at moderate or high severity.
Monitoring Trends in Burn Severity (U.S. Geological Survey and USDA Forest Service). Classes come from the change in a Landsat burn index (dNBR) between images before and after the fire; acres are each class’s share of the fire’s mapped area.
Where it burned
Acres inside each county, measured from the satellite-mapped perimeter.
| Lincoln County | NV | 30,199 |
Monitoring Trends in Burn Severity (USGS and U.S. Forest Service). Type recorded: Wildfire.